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Ricky Ponting      

Australia

Full name Ricky Thomas Ponting

Born December 19, 1974, Launceston, Tasmania

Current age 41 years 6 days

Major teams Australia, Antigua Hawksbills, ICC World XI, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, Somerset, Surrey, Tasmania

Nickname Punter

Playing role Top-order batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Height 1.78 m

Education Mowbray Primary; Brooks Senior High School, Launceston

Relation Uncle - GD Campbell

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	168	287	29	13378	257	51.85	22782	58.72	41	62	1509	73	196	0
ODIs	375	365	39	13704	164	42.03	17046	80.39	30	82	1231	162	160	0
T20Is	17	16	2	401	98*	28.64	302	132.78	0	2	41	11	8	0
First-class	289	494	62	24150	257	55.90			82	106			309	0
List A	456	445	53	16363	164	41.74			34	99			195	0
Twenty20	48	43	3	909	98*	22.72	819	110.98	0	5	75	25	17	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	168	36	587	276	5	1/0	1/0	55.20	2.82	117.4	0	0	0
ODIs	375	5	150	104	3	1/12	1/12	34.66	4.16	50.0	0	0	0
T20Is	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	289		1506	813	14	2/10		58.07	3.23	107.5		0	0
List A	456		349	269	8	3/34	3/34	33.62	4.62	43.6	0	0	0
Twenty20	48	2	12	23	1	1/11	1/11	23.00	11.50	12.0	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v Sri Lanka at Perth, Dec 8-11, 1995 scorecard
Last Test	Australia v South Africa at Perth, Nov 30-Dec 3, 2012 scorecard
Test statistics	- Statsguru Test analysis - Player analysis menu/filter Test match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Bowling match list Best innings bowling Best match bowling Bowling series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics
ODI debut	Australia v South Africa at Wellington, Feb 15, 1995 scorecard
Last ODI	Australia v India at Brisbane, Feb 19, 2012 scorecard
ODI statistics	- Statsguru ODI analysis - Player analysis menu/filter ODI match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Best innings bowling Bowling series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics
T20I debut	New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Feb 17, 2005 scorecard
Last T20I	Australia v Sri Lanka at Nottingham, Jun 8, 2009 scorecard
T20I statistics	- Statsguru T20I analysis - Player analysis menu/filter T20I match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics
First-class debut	1992/93
Last First-class	Surrey v Nottinghamshire at The Oval, Jul 8-11, 2013 scorecard
List A debut	1992/93
Last List A	Surrey v Lancashire at Guildford, Jun 9, 2013 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Somerset v Northamptonshire at Taunton, Jul 15, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Antigua Hawksbills v Guyana Amazon Warriors at North Sound, Aug 17, 2013 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
43*	Warne’s Warr	v SRT Blasters	Los Angeles	14 Nov 2015	Other T20
41	Warne’s Warr	v SRT Blasters	Houston	11 Nov 2015	Other T20
48*	Warne’s Warr	v SRT Blasters	New York	7 Nov 2015	Other T20
-	Hawksbills	v Amazon	North Sound	17 Aug 2013	T20
-	Hawksbills	v Zouks	North Sound	15 Aug 2013	T20
-	Hawksbills	v Tridents	North Sound	13 Aug 2013	T20
1	Hawksbills	v Red Steel	Port of Spain	11 Aug 2013	T20
20	Hawksbills	v Zouks	Gros Islet	6 Aug 2013	T20
19	Hawksbills	v Tallawahs	Providence	4 Aug 2013	T20
1	Hawksbills	v Tridents	Bridgetown	1 Aug 2013	T20

Profile

Ricky Ponting, the most uncompromising player of his generation, grew into Australia's most successful run-maker and only sits below Bradman in the country's overall ratings. It takes an extremely critical eye to diminish his run-scoring achievements, which seem to collect new records in every series. Like spotting a celebrity, it's necessary to look twice when analysing Ponting, first as the archetypal modern batsman, then as the country's 42nd Test captain. There is no doubt about his greatness after taking guard, but his leadership has been under scrutiny for much of his reign. While his blade has sparkled, his stewardship is pock-marked by three Ashes defeats - two in England and one at home - and stumbles to South Africa and India.

Those results didn't stop him from becoming the most successful captain in Test history after passing Steve Waugh's 41 wins in the 2009-10 Boxing Day Test. In the same match he overtook Shane Warne's 92 victories as the most by an individual, and he led Australia to 26 consecutive undefeated (completed) World Cup games. He stepped down from the captaincy when that run ended, in the 2011 World Cup. For the first three years of his reign he was in charge of a superstar unit and did not have to decide much tactically, but once that group headed for retirement he had to change from a manager to moulder.

As a batsman the only debate is where to rank him in the high reaches of the game's greatest run-makers. Acclaimed by Academy coach Rod Marsh as the best teenage batsman he had ever seen, Ponting began with Tasmania at 17 and Australia at 20, and was given out unluckily for 96 on his Test debut. There were some teething problems, including a public admission of an alcohol problem, but the longer he went on the more he matured, building up records and runs.

He plays all the shots with a full flourish of the bat - the cover drive and the pull are particularly productive methods - and knows only to attack. His breathtaking, dead-eye fielding is a force in the game by itself. Only Sachin Tendulkar has more centuries in Tests and ODIs combined than Ponting, who is a natural in the game's traditional forms, but resistant to the perks of Twenty20, from which he retired from in 2009. There have been setbacks against probing seam attacks, high-class finger-spin and, latterly, short balls, which he insists are meant to be pulled or hooked.

After a fairly prolonged patchy run of form, Ponting announced that the Perth Test against South Africa in November-December 2012 would be his last international match.

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